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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Kim Pilling

Mobilising miles from scene ‘led to fire crews arriving two hours later’

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A decision to send fire appliances three miles away from the scene of the Manchester Arena bombing led to crews arriving more than two hours later, a public inquiry has found.

Station manager Andy Berry rejected the suggestion by a police inspector at the scene of a rendezvous point at Manchester Cathedral car park, near to the Arena.

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